By Tom Breihan
on July 14, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. EDT

On the cover art for their Converse-sponsored collaboration "All Summer", Best Coast, Kid Cudi, and Vampire Weeknd's RostamBatmanglij all carry gigantic models of their own heads. Those big-ass heads get a serious workout in the video for the song, which otherwise depicts what looks like a pretty fun hangout session.

By Ryan Dombal
on July 8, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. EDT

Beach bum Best Coast, tie-dye maven Rostam Batmanglij, and perpetually stoned rapper Kid Cudifucked around and made a song together, all in the name of Converse. The seasonally appropriate "All Summer" features reverbed vocals from Best Coast about staying hydrated, rhymes from Cudi about not worrying about shit, and even some pop-punk production flourishes from Batmanglij.

Stream the song and watch a behind-the-scenes video of the artists collaborating at SPIN, and head over to Converse's site to download it starting at 2 p.m. EST now.

By Larry Fitzmaurice
on May 28, 2010 at 12:10 p.m. EDT

While listening to "Dance Yrself Clean", the opening track from LCD Soundsystem's BNM'd This Is Happening, have you found yourself thinking, "What this song really needs is some rapping and a Christian Bale vocal sample?" Well apparently, that's exactly what Kid Cudi thought.

By Tom Breihan
on March 11, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. EST

But an alternate video for the same song made its way onto the internet earlier this week, as New York magazine points out. And hey! This one is way better! Director Megaforce brings out some gravitational weirdness that could well make you nauseous, and Ratatat actually show up in this one. Watch it below:

By Amy Phillips
on January 4, 2010 at 4:00 a.m. EST

Happy New Year! After a two week break, Pitchfork News is back in full swing for 2010. Of course, plenty of music news happened while we were out stuffing our faces with holiday meals/lying on the beach in the tropics/partying with Girl Talk (and his house!) on New Year's Eve. Here's a round up of some notable items, including news about Trent Reznor, Feist and Jeff Tweedy, Animal Collective's Deacon, T.I., Lil Wayne, Rivers Cuomo, Julian Casablancas, the Decemberists, Michael Jackson, Mos Def and Gorillaz, Real Estate and Woods, and many more.

By Tom Breihan
on December 17, 2009 at 4:45 p.m. EST

Photo courtesy of Universal Motown

In the past year, Lady Gaga has become enormously successful in just about every way that a pop singer can be successful, but she evidently can't make this whole touring-with-rappers thing work. Earlier this year, the huge, ambitious Fame Kills tour with Kanye West was canceled for unexplained reasons. So Gaga instead booked her own Monster Ball tour, bringing along Kanye's fellow G.O.O.D. Music rapper Kid Cudi-- who sampled Gaga on his own execrable "Poke Her Face" single-- as her opener. And now Rolling Stone reports that Cudi has dropped off that tour. Maybe it's time for Gaga to call Consequence or GLC!

By Tom Breihan
on December 8, 2009 at 12:15 p.m. EST

Neither duo shows up in the video, which takes place at a party where Cudi is the only person not moving in slow motion. But we do get to watch Drake spraying champagne on girls, so that's something! Also, there's a part at the end where it looks like Cudi's about to barf, but the clip fortunately cuts off before any actual barf makes an appearance.